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A musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter.

This is an official portrait for astronaut Leland Melvin.

Proud Americans continue to shape this unique Memorial.

Advertises the photographic business of African-American photographer Augustus Washington.

The film portrays the North American society of the time.

The portrait was created by African American photographer Augustus Washington.

The denomination of American treasury bonds with Andrew Jackson‘s portrait

The denomination of American treasury bonds with Andrew Jackson's portrait.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and Family, Portrait, 1904

Presidential Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by by Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Mr. Wiley is the first African-American artist to paint the official presidential portraits for the National Portrait Gallery.

Kehinde Wiley is the first African-American to execute an official portrait of a president for the National Portrait Gallery

According to CNN, Wiley is the first African-American artist to paint an official presidential portrait for the National Portrait Gallery.

Wiley is the first African-American artist to execute an official presidential portrait for the National Portrait Gallery.